Sarah Lyden

API Lecturer in Power Systems and Renewable Energy Engineering

Sarah Lyden is the API Lecturer in Power Systems and Renewable Energy in the School of Engineering and ICT, in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology. She has submitted her PhD thesis on the development of modelling and maximum power extraction techniques for photovoltaic systems under non-uniform environmental conditions in early 2015. Her main area of interest is renewable energy and the integration of renewable energy sources into the electricity grid. Sarah is also currently involved in STEM education and outreach research projects.

Biography

Sarah completed her BSc-BE (Hons) at the University of Tasmania in 2011. From 2012 to 2015 she was a PhD candidate with the School of Engineering and ICT at the University of Tasmania. Since March 2015, Sarah has been employed as the API Lecturer in the field of power systems and renewable energy. Throughout her undergraduate and postgraduate years at the University of Tasmania, Sarah was involved as a casual academic tutor and lecturer and as a member of the School of Engineering and ICT's STEM education and outreach team. The STEM team plans, develops and delivers STEM based hands-on activities to groups of school children to encourage their interest in future studies and careers in the STEM fields.

Memberships

Professional practice

Engineers Australia

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Teaching

Electric Machines, Renewable Energy, Power System Operation

Teaching expertise

Since 2010, Sarah has been involved as a casual tutor and lecturer with the School of Engineering and ICT. From 2013 - 2014, this role involved teaching at Shandong University of Science and Technology as part of a joint teaching program. Since 2014, Sarah has been a lecturer in KNE223 Electrical Engineering 1 and in 2015 has started teaching KNE491 Renewable Energy Systems.

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Expertise

Renewable Energy technologies

Grid integration of renewable energy

STEM education and outreach

Research Themes

Sarah's research aligns to the University's research themes of Environment and Resources and Sustainability. Her research interests include exploring the development of renewable energy systems and the potential impacts of these systems on existing infrastructure. Her PhD thesis involved exploring the limitations of photovoltaic (PV) systems when they are operated in a residential environment. This research project involved modelling PV systems under non-uniform environmental conditions and shading, and developing a power maximisation strategy.

Publications

Sarah's publication history involves contributing to publications in the area of maximum power point tracking and modelling of photovoltaic systems and in studying the outcomes of STEM education intervention programs run by the School of Engineering and ICT's STEM education and outreach team.